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Students with and without disabilities at a high school in Wisconsin come together to socialize each month as part of the school's Panther Pals club. The students eat lunch together and take part in activities, such as ping-pong and board games. Club sponsor and special-education teacher Jamie Shufelt said the program has improved communication skills among students with disabilities.

The battle between humans and robots has a Ping-Pong battleground in this new ad designed to show off the "world's fastest robot" from a new KUKA factory. The robot barely loses to Ping-Pong legend Timo Boll in a darkly-lit four-minute spot from Sassenbach Advertising with music and camera effects. "[It's] the best ad you've ever seen for a German robotics company opening a factory," writes David Griner.

Bebo co-founder Michael Birch bought back the social network for $1 million -- about $849 million less than AOL paid to acquire the site in 2008. That colossal discount is a reminder that copycat social networks don't tend to fare well unless they have a specialization or other obvious advantage over the market leader, Ryan Tate writes.

Social network Bebo isn't defunct, co-founder Michael Birch says. Rumors of the deserted network's final demise spread on Twitter after Birch posted an "#RIPbebo" message and fans noticed the site was offline, but Birch hastily posted a follow-up tweet saying the site had been taken down temporarily. "Bebo should be coming back," he tweeted.

Ad industry executive Robert Friedman is betting pingpong could enjoy the sudden upsurge of popularity experienced by tournament poker a few years ago. With the backing of the U.S. unit of brewer
Anheuser-Busch InBev, the TV production shop Mark Gordon Co. and other sponsors, Friedman is launching the Bud Light Hard Bat Ping Pong Tournament. The pingpong is played with hard paddles instead of the foam-padded variety, producing longer rallies and a distinctive sound when the ball is struck.